Fantasy of Modernity : Romantic Love in Bombay Cinema of the 1950s
by
Aarti Wani
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1107117216
ISBN-13
9781107117211
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 25th, 2016
Print length
227 Pages
Weight
408 grams
Dimensions
16.20 x 23.80 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Film theory & criticismFilm: styles & genres
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This book offers a comprehensive introduction to 1950s Bombay cinema, contextualizing the theme of love within the discourse and reality of Indian modernity and nationalism on the one hand, and film theory and practice on the other.
Romantic love overwhelms 1950s Bombay cinema. Love and romance is evident in the themes, lyrics and visual aesthetics of films of the period, as it is in the publicity and gossip surrounding films and film stars. Love in cinema becomes significant when social reality constrains its quotidian experience and expression. By bringing a spectacular imagination of love to centre stage, the 1950s cinema deflected anxieties of ''Indianness'' even as the new aesthetic and affect of romance offered an alternative engagement with the contradictions of modernity. Fantasy of Modernity: Romantic Love in Bombay Cinema of the 1950s explores the films, the songs, the stars and the extra-cinematic discourse of the period to read love and romance as its most productive trope that mobilized a dynamic and contested public sphere.
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